There is a case, Qa'adan v. Katzir, decided by the Israeli Supreme Court recently, which shows how badly the deck has been stacked against non-Jewish Israelis. Here are excerpts from an article about it. The decision has not been enforced and in 2007 there was a vote in the Knesset to overturn this result, outcome unknown to me.

The recent decision of the Israeli Supreme Court in the landmark Qaadan case could be the first step in abandoning a hugely discriminatory land policy.

On the formation of the state of Israel, the Israeli Supreme Court established an Israeli land regime [comprising] nationalisation of public and Palestinian land; and selective allocation of land possession rights within the Jewish population.

At the end of the Israeli War of Independence, land officially owned by the state and Jewish individuals and organisations amounted to around 13.5% of the country. The state then fashioned a national-collectivist land regime, rapidly and systematically expanding the land in its control. By the 1960s, approximately 93% of Israeli territory was owned or controlled by public and Jewish institutions aggregated together into Mekarkei Israel (lands of Israel). Land nationalisation took place through two major channels. In the first place, Palestinian land was seized through the military, administrative and legal sovereign powers of Israel. The property of Palestinian refugees was transferred to public/Jewish ownership. In addition, Palestinians who remained and became Israeli citizens lost 40- 60% of the land they possessed.

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The second aspect of nationalisation concerned the formal registration of all British Mandate land as belonging to the state of Israel. Much of the millions of dunams thus transferred to state ownership during this process had hitherto been unregistered, but indeed legally belonged to the state. However, additional land was transferred from its Palestinian and Bedouin landholders as a result of crafty changes in land possession rules, mainly those concerning mewat ('dead' land) and adverse possession. Thus, Palestinian land served as a major source in the making of the Israeli land regime.

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Supreme Court Decision: Qaadan vs. Katzir

The state of Israel allocated land to the Jewish Agency in order to establish Katzir. This so-called community settlement was founded in 1982, in the Wadi Ara (Nahal Eiron) region. In 1995, the Qaadans, a Palestinian-Israeli family, attempted to acquire land in Katzir, but failed to do so.

In October 1995, the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), which represents the Qaadans, petitioned the Supreme Court. The court made many attempts to convince the parties to find an out-of-court solution. Finally, after five years of failed attempts, a four-to-one majority ruled in favour of the Qaadans family. Chief Justice Barak, with Justices Zamir, Or and Cheshin ruled that the state could not allocate State land to the Jewish Agency for the establishment of the Katzir community settlement on the basis of discrimination between Jews and non Jews.[citation numbers omitted]

http://www.seamless-israel.org/images/online%20magazine/Israeli%20Land%20Regime.html

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The case of the Kaadan family is a typical case, exemplifying the grave discriminatory consequences arising from the fact that the functions of founding new localities and settling them, have been taken from the State, and are being fulfilled by these organs. Adel and Iman Kaadan wanted to buy a house in the town of Katzir, which is being build in the area of Wadi Ara, not far from their present home. They currently live in the Bakaa-el-Garbia where the quality of services and infrastructure is much lower. Katzir was built by the Jewish Agency over ten years ago on State lands. Part of the town was built by the Ministry of Housing and marketed directly by it. In another part of the town, lands are being allocated on which individuals may build independently. Allocation of this land is being conducted by the Jewish Agency and a cooperative association, which, together, were allocated State lands for this purpose. Their consent is needed for every buyer. When the Kaadan family came to the offices of the local council, it was explained to them that the policy of Katzir is not to accept applications from Arabs199 ACRI, on behalf of the Kaadans, petitioned the Supreme Court against the ILA, the Ministry of Housing, and others. In the petition, the Supreme Court was asked to determine that the policy by which new localities are founded by the Jewish Agency and by which State lands are allocated to organs whose express policy is to discriminate against Arabs, is illegal.

http://www.acri.org.il/pdf/ICCPR1998.pdf

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